YEAR 5/6 (ORANGE)
Mrs J ReadshawWelcome to our Year 5/6 class blog.
Our class teacher is Mrs. Readshaw.
On this page, you’ll find lots of useful information and posts about what’s going on in Year 5/6 over the course of the year.
Check in regularly for photographs of our fantastic learning and achievements.
Dream, Believe, Achieve!
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Our Class Blog
How tall, wide and high is my table (in metres and cms, including half cm)?
Inverted commas – What did the character actually say?
In our story writing this half term, we brought our characters to life by using inverted commas and direct speech. The children learned a very funny song to remember what parts they need and where which helped them when they wrote their own speech in their stories....
Sparks were flying in science
In science, we have been learning about electricity. We have investigated circuits and how they work. We have set up tests to observe over time. We know what circuits need to work. We know what switches are and next week we'll be testing materials and creating our own...
Column addition and subtraction in 3M
3M are working so hard on their 3 digit addition and subtraction so that they fully understand what they are doing. We have used base ten and place value counters to help us with our compact method of column subtraction and addition.
Safer Internet Day 3M
This week we have learned all about how to be safe online when you are playing games. We came up with our top tips to keep safe online. Watch the video and find out more. trim7A347E08-D445-4953-B99C-F22217500322 from Una Mitchell on Vimeo.
What is worship?
During RE we have been exploring different aspects of worship through different religions. We started off by discovering the value or worth of something- it's not the expensive things in life that we decided are worth more- our families and friends are of great worth...
Changing the World!
As part of our work inspired by our class book 'The Varmints' Year 5 have been learning to write persuasively. We wrote, edited and then performed passionate speeches to encourage people to improve the environment. Mrs Beattie and Mr Boddy were seriously impressed by...
Measuring in metres and cms
If…Then…Else… in Scratch
In our programming work, we have been using Scratch to think about selection in quizzes. It's been quite tough but we've dome a great job of thinking about 'conditions' and 'outcomes'. This week we've been using the 'If...Then...Else...' block to help us develop our...
Why does the moon look like it changes shape in the sky?
We have adopted a hedgehog!
Safer Internet Day in 5B
We've been thinking about how to handle different scenarios that we might encounter online - check out our thoughts here...
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